Pressing Forward: 2025 in Review
December 18, 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, is looking back on a year of incredible resilience and impactful action.
As 2025 comes to a close, is looking back on a year of incredible resilience and impactful action.
In the absence of federal leadership, the U.S. Climate Alliance took to the global stage this month at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil and reaffirmed to the world that America’s climate progress will continue.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today released its Annual Report, Pressing Forward: Governors’ Enduring Fight for a Resilient and Sustainable Future, detailing how its members are achieving record climate pollution reductions, driving economic growth, building the clean energy and clean technology future, and charting a path forward to save Americans trillions of dollars.
Today, America Is All In, Climate Mayors, and the U.S. Climate Alliance announced that a U.S. delegation of more than 100 local leaders will participate in the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP30), the COP30 Local Leaders Forum, and the C40 World Mayors Summit in November.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today released new analysis showing its members have collectively reduced net greenhouse gas emissions 24 percent below 2005 levels, while increasing their collective GDP by 34 percent.
The governors of Wisconsin and Hawaiʻi have joined the Affordable Clean Cars Coalition — a growing partnership among governors to help sustain America’s transition to cleaner and more affordable cars, support U.S. automotive manufacturers and workers, and safeguard states’ clean air authority.
The U.S. Climate Alliance is today highlighting reactions from across its coalition to a move by the Trump administration to eliminate the federal Solar for All program.
The U.S. Climate Alliance joined together with Climate Mayors on a nationwide effort to encourage Americans to take advantage of cost-saving federal clean energy tax credits before they expire.
Alliance co-chairs California Governor Gavin Newsom and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers issued a statement in response to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions to shutter its scientific research office and repeal a longstanding determination on the causes and harms of climate change.
Alliance co-chairs California Governor Gavin Newsom and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers issued a statement in response to Congressional passage of a budget reconciliation bill that increases energy costs, worsens pollution, and jeopardizes industries, jobs, and investments across America.
Today, the U.S. Climate Alliance announced the launch of the Affordable Clean Cars Coalition by 11 of its member governors to sustain America’s transition to cleaner and more affordable cars, support U.S. automotive manufacturers and workers, and preserve states’ clean air authority.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that California Governor Gavin Newsom and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers have been appointed co-chairs of the Alliance. Together with New York Governor and outgoing Alliance co-chair Kathy Hochul, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer, and Washington Governor Bob Ferguson, they will serve on the Alliance’s executive committee.
Today, the co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance – New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham – issued the following statement in response to the President’s executive order targeting state authority.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today released a new video featuring remarks from members’ State of the State and inaugural addresses spotlighting their progress and unwavering commitment to climate action. In conjunction with the release of this video, the Alliance also officially joined Bluesky today.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today released a new resource — Climate and Land Use Planning: A Policy Guide for U.S. States and Territories — to help states better understand how to use and manage lands in ways that reduce climate pollution and build greater resilience to climate impacts.
As the Trump administration announced it will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance – New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham – today delivered a letter to UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell making it clear to the global community that climate action will continue in the U.S.
Ahead of next week’s presidential inauguration, the U.S. Climate Alliance today vowed to sustain and advance climate action across America and announced that it will house and lead several climate initiatives its states launched in partnership with the Biden-Harris administration.
As 2024 comes to a close, the U.S. Climate Alliance is looking back on another year of unprecedented state-led progress, collaboration, and action in the fight to curb climate pollution – and build a safer, healthier, better future for America.
Moving to secure a healthier future and a stronger economy for all Americans, the U.S. Climate Alliance today pledged to work to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 61-66 percent below 2005 levels by 2035.
The U.S. Climate Alliance released a statement today in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of California’s waiver request for the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulation.
On the heels of the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. Climate Alliance led a delegation last week to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, where founding member Washington Governor Jay Inslee and top state officials from California, New Mexico, and Maryland, reaffirmed America’s commitment to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement through bold and sustained state-led climate action.
Today, the co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance – New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham – issued the following statements after the election of President-elect Donald J. Trump.
Today, the leadership of the country’s top subnational climate action coalitions – America Is All In, the U.S. Climate Alliance and Climate Mayors – issued the following statement regarding the future of climate action in America after Donald J. Trump was elected President.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today released its annual report, No Turning Back: America’s Governors Confronting the Climate Crisis & Building a Brighter Future.
The U.S. Climate Alliance is today highlighting reactions from across its coalition to the launch of the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative at Climate Week NYC 2024.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today launched the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative to grow career pathways in climate and clean energy fields, strengthen workforce diversity, and jointly train 1 million new registered apprentices by 2035 across the Alliance’s states and territories.
The largest investment in climate action in U.S. history is supercharging state-led climate action across America.
The U.S. Climate Alliance is today highlighting governor reactions from across its coalition to funding awarded through the Biden administration’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that its members have collectively secured approximately $2.6 billion in historic funding as part of the second phase of the Biden-Harris administration’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today welcomed the Biden-Harris Administration’s launch of the Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative, through which 21 states will partner with the federal government to speed improvements to the power system.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham have been appointed co-chairs of the Alliance. Together with Washington Governor and founding member Jay Inslee, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, they will serve on the Alliance’s executive committee charged with overseeing the strategic direction of the coalition.
The U.S. Climate Alliance issued the following statement in response to the final rule released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The U.S. Climate Alliance is today highlighting governor reactions from across its coalition to funding awarded through the Biden administration’s Solar for All program.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that 23 members have been awarded funding — approximately $2.9 billion collectively — under the Biden administration’s Solar for All competition.
The U.S. Climate Alliance issued the following statement in response to the final rule released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishing new, more protective federal standards for greenhouse gas emissions and criteria pollutant emissions for light- and medium-duty vehicles, for model years 2027 and later.
As governors convene in the nation’s capital for the National Governors Association Winter Meeting, the U.S. Climate Alliance is spotlighting its members’ continued commitment to climate action in 2024.
As we close the curtain on 2023, the U.S. Climate Alliance is celebrating another year of bold, state-led climate leadership, partnership, ambition, and action. In the face of increasing extreme climate impacts, it’s been all-hands-on-deck for the Alliance’s 25 governors.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today released its annual report, All Hands on Deck: Securing America’s Net-Zero Future with State-Led, High-Impact Action.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced a series of new commitments from its members to eliminate emissions from buildings, including collectively quadrupling heat pump installations by the end of the decade.
Alliance governors reflect on the Inflation Reduction Act’s bold, historic investment in U.S. climate action on its one-year anniversary. Across the Alliance, members are already leveraging these resources to tackle the climate crisis.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today launched a new website and first-of-its-kind Policy Database, which, together, provide one of the country’s most detailed snapshots of state-led climate action to date.
Governor Katie Hobbs today announced that Arizona has joined the U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 25 governors committed to securing America’s net-zero future by advancing state-led, high-impact climate action.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that Washington Governor and founding member Jay Inslee and Maine Governor Janet Mills have been appointed co-chairs of the Alliance. They will also join California Governor Gavin Newsom, and co-chairs elect New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on the Alliance’s executive committee charged with overseeing the strategic direction of the coalition.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to grant two requests for waivers of preemption regarding four California Air Resource Board (CARB) regulations related to California’s heavy-duty vehicle and engine emission standards.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today welcomed the Biden-Harris Administration’s launch of the Federal-State Buy Clean Partnership and committed resources to expand collaboration and advance states’ procurement and use of low-carbon construction materials.
Guam becomes the second U.S. territory to join the U.S. Climate Alliance and commits to upholding the climate goals outlined in the Paris Agreement.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today called on the Biden administration to move swiftly on more than 20 specific federal climate actions that will support states and accelerate America’s transition to a net-zero future.
As an action-packed year comes to a close, the U.S. Climate Alliance is taking a look back and highlighting a few key moments and reflecting on the enormous progress we’ve made. We can’t wait to carry this momentum into 2023.
Moving to accelerate the country’s transition to a net-zero future, the U.S. Climate Alliance today released a new resource — “Enabling Industrial Decarbonization: A Policy Guidebook for U.S. States” — that details strategies and pathways for policymakers to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the industrial manufacturing sector.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today released a new resource — “Natural and Working Lands and Climate Action: A State Guide to Enhance the Sector’s Contribution to State and National Climate Goals” — to help states further reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and maximize carbon sequestration and storage from natural and working lands (NWLs).
After spotlighting state-led climate action on the global stage at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt — alongside its delegation of more than a dozen top officials from five Alliance states, including Washington Governor Jay Inslee and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham — the U.S. Climate Alliance today vowed to carry this momentum into the new year.
The bipartisan U.S. Climate Alliance today released its annual report, “Full Speed Ahead: States Delivering the Next Generation of Climate Action.”
As the Biden Administration and the nation’s governors prepare to supercharge climate action with the recently signed Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Climate Alliance today released new tools and resources to help states better utilize the social cost of greenhouse gases and deliver a more just and equitable transition.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 makes meaningful investments in state climate action, providing critical resources to accelerate state leadership in tackling greenhouse gas emissions and protecting Americans from climate impacts.
In response to the release of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the U.S. Climate Alliance issued the following statement from Executive Director Casey Katims. This legislation comes after 22 Alliance governors called for a bold climate and clean energy package from Congress in June.
In response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Climate Alliance issued the following statement. Governors in the Alliance are leading the way in decarbonizing the power sector through ambitious state policy pathways and programs.
In a letter to Congressional leaders today, 22 U.S. Climate Alliance governors called for swift passage of a robust federal legislative package with the climate and clean energy investments and incentives our country needs to confront the climate crisis, improve public health and equity, cut costs for businesses and families, and grow the economy.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today marked its fifth anniversary with a series of video messages, featuring White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and several leading Alliance governors, including the governors of Oregon, North Carolina, Wisconsin, New York, Hawaiʻi, Washington, Connecticut, Colorado, Nevada, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that Casey Katims, who most recently served as Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Relations at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has been named Executive Director. The Alliance also announced that Taryn Finnessey has been promoted to Managing Director of the Alliance.
Weeks after announcing the next generation of high-impact climate actions its states will pursue to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius at COP26, the U.S. Climate Alliance today released its annual report, “Further. Faster. Together.” which details how states are delivering on their climate commitments and finds that the U.S. and Alliance can achieve their 2030 and 2050 climate goals.
As the world’s leaders convene in Glasgow for the most consequential UN Climate Change Conference since Paris, the U.S. Climate Alliance today announced the next generation of “High-Impact Actions” its states will pursue to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and help achieve the U.S. nationally-determined contributions (NDC) and the Alliance’s 2030 and 2050 climate goals.
Today, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his plans to join the U.S. Climate Alliance as the state is the first Gulf South state to join the Alliance. With the addition of Louisiana, the Alliance’s membership now represents 57 percent of the U.S. population and 61 percent of U.S. GDP.
The U.S. Climate Alliance committed today to collectively achieving overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050, and reduce collective net GHG emissions at least 50-52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.
One week after President Joe Biden moved to rejoin the Paris Agreement and the bipartisan United States Climate Alliance committed to forging a new kind of state-federal partnership to confront the climate crisis, Executive Director Julie Cerqueira today issued the following statement welcoming additional executive climate action from the Biden administration.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today applauded President Joe Biden’s swift action to rejoin the international accord and vowed to forge a new kind of state-federal partnership to confront the climate crisis.
As the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement nears, the U.S. Climate Alliance released a report today showing that as its member states pursued bold climate action from 2016 to 2019, they created more than 133,000 new clean energy jobs — outpacing the rest of the nation.
The Executive Director of the bipartisan U.S. Climate Alliance today issued the following statement regarding the Alliance’s continued commitment to address climate change and how the election outcome has created an opportunity for the U.S. federal government, in close partnership with states, to restore national climate leadership.
Today, the U.S. Climate Alliance released its annual report, “Leading the Charge: Working Together to Build an Equitable, Clean and Prosperous Future.” The report details the climate action and policy framework Alliance governors have built over the course of the past three years and sets forth recommendations to Congress and the federal government for national climate action.
The United States Climate Alliance today released its 2019 Annual Report titled “Strength in Numbers: American Leadership on Climate” at the climate negotiations at COP25.
Alliance governors ratchet up climate leadership while growing their economies faster than the rest of the country — demonstrating that climate action is a driver of innovation and economic strength.
Governors Andrew Cuomo (NY), Jay Inslee (WA) and Gavin Newsom (CA), who serve as co-chairs of the bipartisan United States Climate Alliance, today issued the following statement in response to the Administration’s attempt to revoke the waiver that allows states to set more stringent emissions standards.
Members of the bipartisan United States Climate Alliance today issued the following statement announcing an effort to work together to support a strong national standard through the “Nation’s Clean Car Promise.”
Montana Governor Steve Bullock today issued an executive order to join the U.S. Climate Alliance. His announcement comes on the heels of the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Climate Alliance, formed on June 1, 2017 in response to President Trump’s announced intent to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf today announced his plans to join the U.S. Climate Alliance.
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak today announced his plans to join the U.S. Climate Alliance.
Maine Governor Janet Mills today announced her plans to join the U.S. Climate Alliance.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers today announced his plans to join the U.S. Climate Alliance.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced her plans to join the U.S. Climate Alliance at a press conference in Lansing.
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham today announced her plans to join the U.S. Climate Alliance.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker today announced his plans to join the U.S. Climate Alliance.
The U.S. Climate Alliance is releasing three clean energy and resilience “playbooks” that will serve as implementation resources for states in deploying solar energy, spurring electric grid modernization, and enhancing resilience in the face of climate impacts and natural hazards.
The U.S. Climate Alliance commits to taking the following new actions during the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit.
At today’s Global Climate Action Summit, Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. Climate Alliance agreed to work together to achieve an ambitious climate agenda, and to report on our progress at the 2019 UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today issued a Challenge to protect our natural and working lands as a means of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing resilient carbon sinks.
Members of the U.S. Climate Alliance today issued the following statement on the proposal announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a weak replacement for the 2015 Clean Power Plan.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today issued the following statement on the effort announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to attack the federal emission and fuel economy standards.
On the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s announcement that he intends to withdraw the U.S. from the global Paris Agreement, a bipartisan coalition of 17 governors committed to upholding the Paris Agreement through the U.S. Climate Alliance are announcing a new wave of initiatives to accelerate and scale up climate action.
Today’s announcement by EPA Administrator Pruitt to weaken vehicle emissions standards is in direct conflict with the agency’s mandate to reduce air pollution. This decision will increase air pollution and limit innovative technology advancements that bring cleaner, more efficient cars to market.
Bipartisan climate alliance expands to 17 governors, representing over 40 percent of the U.S. population and nearly $9 trillion of national GDP.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that Julie Cerqueira has been named the Alliance’s new Executive Director to support the Alliance states in the development and execution of strategy to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Bipartisan climate alliance expands to 16 governors, representing 40 percent of the U.S. population and $7.4 trillion of national GDP.
The U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 15 governors, announces intention to collaborate on the Social Cost of Carbon, a critical tool for assessing the damages associated with carbon pollution.
Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 15 U.S. Governors, stand together in a strong commitment to combat climate change and support clean growth across North America.
The U.S. Climate Alliance issued the following statement on reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will repeal the Clean Power Plan.
Citing recent extreme weather event as further evidence of the urgent need for climate solutions, the U.S. Climate Alliance released a report showing that member states are collectively on track to meet and possibly exceed their portion of the U.S. commitment under the Paris Agreement.
Gov. John Hickenlooper today signed an executive order committing the state to climate action. He also announced that Colorado will join the U.S. Climate Alliance.
The U.S. Climate Alliance announced that Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaiʻi, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia have all joined the coalition, which is committed to upholding the Paris Accord and taking aggressive action on climate change.
In response to President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Washington State Governor Jay Inslee today announced the formation of the United States Climate Alliance, a coalition that will convene U.S. states committed to upholding the Paris Climate Agreement and taking aggressive action on climate change.
